Militants launched 31 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched 31 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbas over the past day. One Ukrainian soldier was wounded.

This is reported by the ATO press center.

In Mariupol direction, militants used anti-aircraft guns to shell Ukrainian positions near Hnutove (19km north-west of Mariupol) and large-caliber machine guns outside Vodiane (16km north-west of Donetsk).

In Donetsk direction, Russian-backed militants fired at ATO troops near Avdiivka (18km north of Donetsk), using mortars and heavy machine guns. Militants also used mortars and grenade launcher to shell Ukrainian positions near Butovka coal mine (11.4km north-west of Donetsk).

In Luhansk direction, illegal armed formations launched attacks on Ukrainian troops outside Krymske (42.5km north-west of Luhansk), Prychepylivka (50km north-west of Luhansk) and Novotoshkivske (53km north-west of Luhansk), using mortars, grenade launchers and small arms.

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